r/hackernews is a subreddit with 100k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses technology, ai, programming, security, and struggling.
A mirror of the front page of Hacker News.
Popular Themes in r/hackernews
#1
News
: "Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis"
11 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection"
9 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as data center land"
4 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Build Adafruit projects right from Firefox"
1 post
#5
Advice Requests
: "Migrating from Go to Rust"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "I made a million dollar product from my dorm room (2025)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/hackernews
#1
Technology
: "Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore"
62 posts
#2
Ai
: "Microsoft reports Ai is more expensive than paying human employees"
56 posts
#3
Programming
: "Nobody cracks open a Programming book anymore"
32 posts
#4
Security
: "GitHub bans Security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits"
23 posts
#5
Struggling
19 posts
#6
Hate
19 posts
#7
Software
: "Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software"
15 posts
#8
Worst
15 posts
#9
Frustrating
14 posts
#10
Hardware
: "MacBook Neo Is So Popular That Apple Doubled Production"
13 posts
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Last updated: June 14, 2026